Paris vs Monaco: Analysis and Prediction – Paris will play against Monaco in the LNB Pro A Round 19.
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Paris Team News
In the introduction to this duel, Paris played surprisingly dominantly against Prometey (93:72), in a game in which the duo of T. J. Shorts and Tyson Ward were the best with 18 points each. With this, Paris consolidated its EuroCup position in first place with a score of 13-1, while it is third in the LNB Pro A with 12-5.
Paris has been playing exceptionally well this season and is one of the favorites, if not the main one, to win the EuroCup. The French team proves from game to game that it is unstoppable. The brain of the team is the brilliantly talented coach Tuomas Iisalo, who transferred the form from Bonn, the winner of the FIBA Champions League, to Paris, who play superbly under his leadership. T. J. Shorts and Nadir Hifi are creating a lot of great things for this team offense. That duo, along with the coach, is the most responsible for the excellent results achieved by Paris, which plays above expectations, although it was clear that it was a quality team. No one expected it to look this good in Iisalo’s first season on the Paris bench.
This team also has flaws, as proved by Dusan Alimpijevic’s Besiktas. Paris is used to playing in a slightly faster rhythm and as soon as the game slows down, there are problems. If they want to be even more complete, they will have to deal with solutions in the offense in the positional game.
Monaco Team News
Monaco does not enter this duel in a good mood, considering that they convincingly lost against Panathinaikos by 88:63, in one of the worst games of this season. Donatas Motiejunas with 13 points was the most effective, while Mike James and Matthew Strazel added 11 each. Monaco is currently in eighth place in the EuroLeague with a score of 11-10, while they are the leaders in the LNB Pro A with 16-1.
Monaco entered the new season very motivated, to improve the impression from last season’s Final Four, when they scored only two points against Olympiacos in the third quarter and missed the chance to be in the final. And after all that, they did a great transfer window. They kept the most important players, primarily Mike James, and added quality reinforcements, in the form of Mam Jaiteh, Kemba Walker and Terry Tarpey. It turned out that these reinforcements did not bring much to this team, which, probably because of this, is suffering in the EuroLeague. The same cannot be said for the LNB Pro A, which is on the back burner for this team, but still very important.
Monaco is a team that can look great, but also desperate. Big oscillations in the game of this team are what have adorned it for years, and if they manage to reduce it to a minimum, they can hope for better results in the rest of the season.
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Paris vs Monaco Prediction
It is true that Paris suffered an unexpectedly heavy defeat in the first meeting between them this season, but now we expect a totally different story. While Paris enters this duel with a lot of confidence after a very important win, Monaco comes depressed after a heavy defeat against Panathinaikos. Sasa Obradovic’s team probably didn’t sleep well on Thursday night, and already on Saturday they will have to forget about that meeting in Athens and play a match against a quality opponent. Therefore, we expect Paris to take advantage of their rivals’ tiredness due to the road, as well as their poor form, and win in this clash.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 13.01.2024, 21:00 CET
Prediction: Paris to win
Odds: 2.12
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